cái

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Definitions

  1. 1. to cut out (as a dress)
  2. 2. to cut
  3. 3. to trim
  4. 4. to reduce
  5. 5. to diminish
  6. 6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
  7. 7. decision
  8. 8. judgment

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Words Containing 裁

仲裁
zhòng cái

arbitration

制裁
zhì cái

to punish

独裁
dú cái

dictatorship

总裁
zǒng cái

chairman

裁判
cái pàn

judgment

裁员
cái yuán

to cut staff

裁定
cái dìng

ruling

裁决
cái jué

ruling

裁缝
cái féng

to make an item of clothing

裁缝
cái feng

tailor

主裁
zhǔ cái

(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate

主裁判
zhǔ cái pàn

(sports) referee; umpire

别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái

to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality

剪裁
jiǎn cái

to tailor (clothes)

副总裁
fù zǒng cái

vice-chairman (of an organization)

核裁军
hé cái jūn

nuclear disarmament

段玉裁
duàn yù cái

Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[shuō wén jiě zì zhù]

法律制裁
fǎ lǜ zhì cái

legal sanction

法院裁决
fǎ yuàn cái jué

court ruling

独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái

to display originality (idiom); to do things differently

独裁者
dú cái zhě

dictator

相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī

lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances

看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)

经济制裁
jīng jì zhì cái

economic sanctions

裁并
cái bìng

cut down and merge

裁兵
cái bīng

to reduce troop numbers

裁切
cái qiē

to crop

裁判员
cái pàn yuán

referee

裁判官
cái pàn guān

judge

裁判所
cái pàn suǒ

place of judgment

裁剪
cái jiǎn

to cut out

裁夺
cái duó

to consider and decide

裁度
cái dù

to weigh up then decide

裁撤
cái chè

to dissolve an organisation

裁断
cái duàn

to consider and decide

裁汰
cái tài

to cut back

裁减
cái jiǎn

to reduce

裁减军备
cái jiǎn jūn bèi

arms reduction

裁答
cái dá

to reply (to a letter)

裁纸机
cái zhǐ jī

trimmer

裁缝师
cái féng shī

tailor

裁缝店
cái féng diàn

tailor's shop

裁处
cái chǔ

to handle

裁制
cái zhì

to tailor

裁军
cái jūn

disarmament

裁革
cái gé

to dismiss

酌裁
zhuó cái

to consider and decide

量体裁衣
liàng tǐ cái yī

lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)

霸道总裁
bà dào zǒng cái

handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)

体裁
tǐ cái

genre